Non-refillable bottle.



H. w. MERMETYER. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30. T914.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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To all whom it may concern.'

Beit known that I, HENRY W. NIERMEYER, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new `and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to what are called non-reillable7 bottles and other containers of similar character, and the object is to provide a vessel of this class with a neck attachment or seal so constructed and arranged that when the vessel has been filled and the neck attachment or seal applied the vessel may be emptied of itscontents, but cannot be reilled or re-used. Y

I accomplish the above and other objects hereinafter specified and pointed out in the claims, by means of the mechanism illustrated in theV accompanying drawing, in whichp Y Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a bottle provided with my invention. Fig. 2

vis a view of the upper part or neck of the same, partly in elevation and partly in cene tral vertical section at right angles to the section in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Figs. 1 and 2, and Fig. 4 isa cross section on the line 4 4 of Figs. 1 and 2.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, 5 is a bottle which is provided with a neck 6 in which, near the top thereof, is an annular groove 7.

Assembled within the neck 6 is a hollow stopperor seal 10 having an outside annular groove 11 which registers with the groove 7 in the neck when the stopper is assembled, as shown in Figs. l and 2. The two grooves registering in this manner from the seat for an expanding lock-washer 12 which is adapted to be contracted in the groove 11 during the insertion of the stopper in the neck 6 and to expand into the groove 7 in the latter to lock the stopper in the neck upon such occurrence. The stopper 10 is provided near its upperend with a side opening 13 which communicates through its top by a port 14 with the hollow interior of the stopper. The chamber within the stopper passes around the walls of the outlet 13 in the manner indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 so that a free and unobstructed 'discharge Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed April 30, 1914. Serial No. 835,491.

through the stopper is afforded into the outlet 13 through the port 14 at the top of said opening 13 and also at an appreciable distance lfrom the bottom of said discharge opening 13. This provides a formation which prevents direct access into the stopper and neck of the bottle to prevent tampering with the seal, presently to be described. The dischargeV opening 13 will be temporarily closed by means of a cork shown by dotted lines 15 in Fig. 1, in the usual manner. The inner end of the stopper is reduced in diameter to receive a packing sleeve of cork or other suitable material 9 to seal the `joint below the stopper and neck of the vessel.

The seal Aabove referred to between the stopper 10 and its support comprises a ball valve 16 which is seated on the upper end of a sleeve 8, which is inserted within the lower end of the stopper 10 and is cemented in place, in the manner shown. The outward movement of the ball 16 is limited by the transverse member 17 of a cage which has legs 18, hereV shown as four in number, formed integrally with the member 17. The legs 18 are placed astride of the ball 16 and rest upon the sleeve 8. The member 17 is reduced in diameter to provide the discharge openings 19 between each pair of legs 18 for the discharge of the liquid contents of the bottle. The outward movement of the cage is limited by a shoulder 20 formed within the hollow interior of the stopper. It will be noted that the opening through the lower portion of the stopper makes a turn around the walls of the discharge opening 13 which is for the purpose ofv making the valve mechanism more difficult of manipulation through the opening 13.

The ball valve 16 and its surrounding ca ge and seat sleeve 8 are assembled in operative position within the stopper 10 before the latter is placed in the neck of the vessel and locked by the expanding lockwasher 12.

In the operation of my device the ball valve 16 seats itself automatically in the top of the sleeve 8 when the bottle is held in a normal upright position, or anywhere above a position of the bottle upon its side. This automatic seating of the valve is due to gravity. When it is desired to pour out a. portion of the contents of the bottle, the usual tilting of the latter causes the ball 16 to roll away from its seat against the sleeve 8 thereby permitting the liquid contents to pass around the ball and` around the member lVhileI have described my invention with' more or less minuteness as regards details of construction and arrangement and as being embodied in certain precise forms, I do not desire to be limited thereto unduly or any more than is pointed out in the claims. On the contrary, I contemplate all proper Achanges in form, construction, and arrangement, the omission of immaterial elements, and the substitution of equivalents, as circumstances may suggest or necessity render expedient. v

I claim: K

l. A non-refillable vessel having a neck at its upper end, a hollow stopper in said neck permanently closed at its outer end and having a lateral cork-receiving tube, said tube having a closed end which projects into the stopper and' also having cylindrical side Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

walls and a port communication with the hollow. interior of the stopper through the top wall of the tube remote from said closed end of the tube providing an unbroken corkreceiving cylinder between the port and said closed end of the tube.

2. A non-rellable vessel having a neck at its upper end, a hollow stopper in said neck permanently closed at its outer end and having a lateral cork-receiving tube, said tube having a closed end which projects into the stopper and also having cylindrical side Walls and a port communication with the hollow interior of the stopper through the top wall of the tube remote' from said closed end of the tube providing an unbroken cork receiving cylinder between the port and said closed end ofthe tube, said stopper having an inner shoulder below said tube, a sleeve permanently secured in the stopper below the shoulder, a cage held between the shoulder and sleeve and a ball-valve in said cage.

In witnessvwhereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this th day of April, A. D. one thousandV nine hundred and fourteen. i

HENRY IV. NIERMEYER. V[n lVitnesses: i

HARRY T. PANGBORN,

J. A. MINTURN.

Washington, D. C. 

